The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) can help landowners with woodland management plans and property tax relief options.
"We currently have funds to help landowners develop a plan for their woods of 20 acres or more, attract wildlife and improve their property. This spring is the perfect time to think about programs that are available to private landowners for woodland management," said Darren Mayers, SWCD district technician and certified forest stewardship plan writer in the Brainerd SWCD office.
Funding assistance is only available for a limited area but a plan can be written for a landowner anywhere in the county at an additional cost. See the map for funding assistance areas at
To" target="_blank">crowwingswcd.org/forest-stewardship-tulibee-watershed-program/.
To sign up for this program, contact Mayers at darren.mayers@crowwingswcd.org or 218-828-6197. Once a landowner has a plan, he or she may be eligible for tax savings and an annual land payment. For more information or assistance enrolling into Class 2c, which can possibly lower the woodland property tax rate, contact the Crow Wing County Assessor Office at 218-824-1010 or assessor.office@crowwing.us .For more information or assistance enrolling into Sustainable Forestry Incentive Act, an incentive payment to practice long-term sustainable forest management, contact the Department of Revenue at 651-556-6088 or www.revenue.state.mn.us .
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For more information on tullibee lake watersheds and this program, visit " target="_blank">www.dnr.state.mn.us/tullibeelake.html.
